- RECONCILE(VERB): make peace; adjust
Synonyms: harmonize, pacify
Antonyms: agitate, fight
Example Sentence:
The two friends reconciled after their fight.
- MERCURIAL (ADJECTIVE):remove an inferior or unwanted component of a group or collection
Synonyms: divide, segregate
Antonyms: collect, gather
Example Sentence:
We must weed out the process of greasing the palms of our superiors.
- SAVVY (VERB):know
Synonyms: understand, grasp
Antonyms: misunderstand, ignore
Example Sentence:
Sooner or later you are going to savvy her actual nature.
- BELEAGUERED (VERB): besieged
Synonyms: harass, hemmed in
Antonyms: help, assist
Example Sentence:
Indian Army came to relieve the beleaguered garrison.
- BALK (VERB):eschew
Synonyms: resist, unwilling to
Antonyms: accept, welcome
Example Sentence:
Some over protective parents balked at letting their children use a cellphone.
- PORTENTOUS(ADJECTIVE): ominous
Synonyms: predictive, apocalyptic
Antonyms: auspicious, propitious
Example Sentence:
The portentous clouds loomed overhead and threatened to ruin my outdoor wedding.
- AVERSION (ADJECTIVE):revulsion
Synonyms: allergy, repugnance
Antonyms: fondness, like
Example Sentence:
My mother has an aversion to heights.
- MEASLY (ADJECTIVE): meagre
Synonyms: miserable, paltry
Antonyms: proficient, plenty
Example Sentence:
This diet burns only a measly 82 calories.
- SORDID (ADJECTIVE): despicable
Synonyms: unsavoury, contemptible
Antonyms: reputable, respectable
Example Sentence:
Mentally stable persons don’t take interest in sordid little affairs.
- SAP (VERB): gradually weaken or destroy (a person’s strength or power).
Synonyms: attenuate, enfeeble
Antonyms: strengthen, invigorate
Example Sentence:
The energy of unbiased journalists is being sapped by bureaucrats and politicians.